AFTER three rounds of intense action, the semi-finalists have been confirmed for the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Guyana Diabetic Association (GDA) T20 tournament.
According to the playing conditions, the top two teams in each zone will progress to the semi-finals, which are scheduled for April 5.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) will face Everest Cricket Club (ECC) in the first game, which is billed for the GCC ground from 12:00hrs, while Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will host Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) from 18:00hrs under lights.
Bowlers in both departments dominated the third and final round, which concluded Wednesday afternoon with four games around the city.

They were mainly responsible for the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), DCC, TSC and ECC registering contrasting wins.
GCC defeated Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by five wickets in a relatively low-scoring encounter.

GYO fielded a nine-man team and were left ruing the decision to bat first on a wicket that provided variable bounce. They suffered a batting meltdown right from the start, and despite an even 50 from Dwain Dick, they were eventually bowled out for 71 in 14.2 overs. Medium pacer Thaddeus Lovell and leg-spinner Keon Wright sparked GYO’s batting capitulation with figures of 3-15 and 3-14 respectively.

GCC lost Aryan Persaud and Rahaul Singh early in their reply but then recovered from the initial setback to reach 74-5. Rivaldo Phillips held the inning together with a top score of 29.
The game between GNIC and DCC ended with the latter winning by five wickets.
GNIC decided to take first strike on a good batting pitch, but barring tail-ender Trevon Jones (23), middle-order batsmen Jeremiah Benjamin (13) and Raymond Bandhu (15), the remaining batsmen had a tough time negotiating the DCC bowlers.

Running between the wickets and rotating the strike were the main issues in GNIC’s innings, as they put together only 77-6 when the allotted overs expired.
It was a total bowling effort from the Queenstown-based team, but it was left-arm spinner Daniel Mootoo, who caused the most damage with figures of 3-3 in his four overs.

Jeffrey Blair and Romeo Brown then engineered a batting collapse with two wickets each, as DCC slipped to 31-4. However, Sachin Singh continued his good form with the bat and played cautiously for an unbeaten 29 to secure the victory.
TSC defeated MSC by 29 runs while ECC whipped St Stanislaus College by seven wickets.
The final is billed for April 7.